Green Light on Rally – Resistance Clear

Today's Signal

GREEN LIGHT

I am giving us the green light as the market wants to rally here. We do need to clear our first resistance level to get our next leg higher.

Signal by Licia Leslie

GREEN TODAY: High probability of the market moving higher.
YELLOW: Be cautious when making a directional trade.
RED: High likelihood of the market dropping.

Today's Levels

S&P Futures Key Levels · Wednesday, August 26 · via Licia Leslie

Level S&P FUT
Resistance 2 (50-day MA) 7,780.25
Resistance 1 7,713.75
Premarket Price 7,701.00
Support 1 7,629.75
Support 2 7,593.00
SPX Levels Chart

Once we clear 7713.75 we will get this rally going.

How to Use Today's Levels

Red = resistance: watch for price to stall or reverse; a clean break above is bullish.

Green = support: watch for price to hold or bounce; a break below is bearish.

The center row is the premarket reference point for the session. Trade in the direction of today's signal.

The Number

+4,080%

An SPX 7,455 put that expired Tuesday, August 25 opened at $0.05. By the high of the day it traded at $2.09, a $204 gain per contract (4,080%) for traders who caught the move.

Volume Anomaly

SPX 0DTE Volume: 2.2M Contracts

0DTE SPX volume on Tuesday, August 25 came in at 2.2M contracts, roughly 15% below the 20-day average of 2.6M. Call and put activity were roughly balanced, with 1.1M calls vs 1.1M puts. The heaviest call volume concentrated at the 7,675, 7,670, 7,680 strikes. On the put side, the 7,665, 7,670, 7,660 strikes saw the most action. The put/call ratio finished at 0.95, a fairly neutral read from the options market.

Editor's Note

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

0DTE Analyst, Option Pit

Continue to watch yields, crude and the QQQs.

Yesterday's Close

SPX

7,677.28

+0.32%

VIX

15.45

-2.52%

SPY

765.91

+0.32%

QQQ

710.72

+0.62%

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Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

Former CBOE floor trader and CIO at Karman Line Capital. Author of ‘The Option Traders Hedge Fund’ with over 30 years of options trading experience.

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